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Title:

Perspectives on learning disabilities : biological, cognitive, contextual / edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Louise Spear-Swerling ; with a foreword by Keith E. Stanovich.

Publisher:

Westview Press,

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

xvi, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Learning disabilities.
Learning disabled children--Education.
Learning disabilities--Physiological aspects.
Constructivism (Education)
Context effects (Psychology) in children.

Other Authors:

Sternberg, Robert J.
Spear-Swerling, Louise.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Foreword / Keith II. Stanovich. -- Genes, environment, and reading disabilities / Richard K. Olson. -- The biological foundations of developmental dyslexia / Elena L. Grigorenko. -- The neuropsychological basis of learning disabilities / George W. Hynd, Amanda B. Clinton, and Jennifer R. Heimenz. -- Learning disabilities in perspective / Richard K. Wagner and Tamara Garon. -- Phonologically based reading disabilities: toward a coherent theory of one kind of learning disability / Joseph K. Torgesen. -- Reading disabilities and the interventionist / Michael G. Pressley . -- Learning disabilities: The roads we have traveled and the path to the future / Linda S. Siegel. -- Developing reading fluency in learning-disabled students / S. Jay Santuels. -- Learning disabilities as organizational pathologies / Thomas M. Skrtic. -- Learning disability: issues of representation, power, and the medicalization of school failure / Carol A. Christensen. -- Can we get there from here? Learning, disabilities and future education policy / Louis Spear-Swerling. -- Epilogue: Toward an emerging consensus about learning disabilities / Robert J. Sternberg.

ISBN:

9780813331751 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813331757 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)38304561

LCCN:

98011327

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls) — 371.92/6

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines) — 371.92/6

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)